Johannes Mabusela

Johannes Manyedi Mabusela (born 4 June 1984) is a South African chess player. He was awarded the title International Master by FIDE. He won the African Junior Chess Championship in 2002.[1][2]

Johannes Mabusela
Full nameJohannes Manyedi Mabusela
CountrySouth Africa
Born (1984-06-04) 4 June 1984
TitleInternational Master (2004)
Peak rating2320 (October 2012)

Mabusela tied for 1st–4th with Rodwell Makoto, Ahmed Adly and Daniel Cawdery in the 2012 South African Open, finishing second on tiebreak, the highest finishing South African player.[3][4] He again finished as the best South African finisher in 2014. In 2019, Mabusela was the outright winner of the South African Open.[5]

He played for the South African national team in the Chess Olympiads of 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2018, and in the All-Africa Games in 2003 and 2011. In the 2011 event he won two silver medals, team and individual playing on board 4.[6]

See also

References
  1. Africa Junior Championship 2002 Boys. FIDE.
  2. "Grintek boosts African chess champions` game". ITWeb. 19 June 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  3. "Results after round 11". South African Open 2012. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  4. "SA Chess Open: Zimbabwe's Rodwell Makoto Wins on Tiebreak". chessblog.com. Alexandra Kosteniuk. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  5. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - South African Open Chess Championships 2019". chess-results.com. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  6. Johannes Mabusela Archived 27 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine team chess record at Olimpbase.org


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